- Layout based triggers are triggers…that you can assign to any given layout…in your FileMaker solution and the'll run an event…or a script on the load of a record,…commit of a record, loading of a layout,…and a bunch of different other actions will trigger these.…Unlike their counterpart, the object based triggers…that we just reviewed in the previous movie,…these are setup on the layout setup dialogue.…So you'll see if we go into Layout Mode,…over here with this little pencil…is where you get to the Layout Setup dialogue.…Way over here on the right…are the Script Triggers for the layout.…

Now you'll see we've got a bunch of them in here…and what I'd like to do is I've got…this sub-summary report and if you remember,…sub-summaries will only turn into grouped reports…or sub-summary reports when they are sorted…by the break field and that could be really tricky…to keep reminding your users about.…So one of the great uses of layout script triggers…is to create a script that does the sorting for them,…maybe even takes them to the first record in the layout…

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5/12/2015

Learn how to design and build smart, secure databases with FileMaker Pro 14—the database solution used everywhere from home offices to Fortune 500 companies all around the world. Cris Ippolite, drawing on years of experience with clients at his own development firm, iSolutions, walks through the essential FileMaker Pro skills, from creating tables and fields to designing layouts that display your data in a smart way. He'll also show you how to find and sort data, create reports, import and export data, write scripts, diagram relationships, and more. Watch now to start learning how to build your first database from scratch.